path: root/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix

# This module creates a virtual machine from the NixOS configuration.
# Building the `config.system.build.vm' attribute gives you a command
# that starts a KVM/QEMU VM running the NixOS configuration defined in
# `config'.  The Nix store is shared read-only with the host, which
# makes (re)building VMs very efficient.  However, it also means you
# can't reconfigure the guest inside the guest - you need to rebuild
# the VM in the host.  On the other hand, the root filesystem is a
# read/writable disk image persistent across VM reboots.

{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:

with lib;

let

  vmName =
    if config.networking.hostName == ""
    then "noname"
    else config.networking.hostName;

  cfg = config.virtualisation;

  qemuGraphics = if cfg.graphics then "" else "-nographic";
  kernelConsole = if cfg.graphics then "" else "console=ttyS0";
  ttys = [ "tty1" "tty2" "tty3" "tty4" "tty5" "tty6" ];

  # Shell script to start the VM.
  startVM =
    ''
      #! ${pkgs.stdenv.shell}

      NIX_DISK_IMAGE=$(readlink -f ''${NIX_DISK_IMAGE:-${config.virtualisation.diskImage}})

      if ! test -e "$NIX_DISK_IMAGE"; then
          ${pkgs.qemu_kvm}/bin/qemu-img create -f qcow2 "$NIX_DISK_IMAGE" \
            ${toString config.virtualisation.diskSize}M || exit 1
      fi

      # Create a directory for exchanging data with the VM.
      if [ -z "$TMPDIR" -o -z "$USE_TMPDIR" ]; then
          TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d nix-vm.XXXXXXXXXX --tmpdir)
      fi
      cd $TMPDIR
      mkdir -p $TMPDIR/xchg

      idx=2
      extraDisks=""
      ${flip concatMapStrings cfg.emptyDiskImages (size: ''
        ${pkgs.qemu_kvm}/bin/qemu-img create -f raw "empty$idx" "${toString size}M"
        extraDisks="$extraDisks -drive index=$idx,file=$(pwd)/empty$idx,if=virtio,werror=report"
        idx=$((idx + 1))
      '')}

      # Start QEMU.
      # "-boot menu=on" is there, because I don't know how to make qemu boot from 2nd hd.
      exec ${pkgs.qemu_kvm}/bin/qemu-kvm \
          -name ${vmName} \
          -m ${toString config.virtualisation.memorySize} \
          ${optionalString (pkgs.stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux") "-cpu kvm64"} \
          -net nic,vlan=0,model=virtio \
          -net user,vlan=0''${QEMU_NET_OPTS:+,$QEMU_NET_OPTS} \
          -virtfs local,path=/nix/store,security_model=none,mount_tag=store \
          -virtfs local,path=$TMPDIR/xchg,security_model=none,mount_tag=xchg \
          -virtfs local,path=''${SHARED_DIR:-$TMPDIR/xchg},security_model=none,mount_tag=shared \
          ${if cfg.useBootLoader then ''
            -drive index=0,id=drive1,file=$NIX_DISK_IMAGE,if=virtio,cache=writeback,werror=report \
            -drive index=1,id=drive2,file=${bootDisk}/disk.img,if=virtio,readonly \
            -boot menu=on \
          '' else ''
            -drive file=$NIX_DISK_IMAGE,if=virtio,cache=writeback,werror=report \
            -kernel ${config.system.build.toplevel}/kernel \
            -initrd ${config.system.build.toplevel}/initrd \
            -append "$(cat ${config.system.build.toplevel}/kernel-params) init=${config.system.build.toplevel}/init regInfo=${regInfo} ${kernelConsole} $QEMU_KERNEL_PARAMS" \
          ''} \
          $extraDisks \
          ${qemuGraphics} \
          ${toString config.virtualisation.qemu.options} \
          $QEMU_OPTS
    '';


  regInfo = pkgs.runCommand "reginfo"
    { exportReferencesGraph =
        map (x: [("closure-" + baseNameOf x) x]) config.virtualisation.pathsInNixDB;
      buildInputs = [ pkgs.perl ];
      preferLocalBuild = true;
    }
    ''
      printRegistration=1 perl ${pkgs.pathsFromGraph} closure-* > $out
    '';


  # Generate a hard disk image containing a /boot partition and GRUB
  # in the MBR.  Used when the `useBootLoader' option is set.
  bootDisk =
    pkgs.vmTools.runInLinuxVM (
      pkgs.runCommand "nixos-boot-disk"
        { preVM =
            ''
              mkdir $out
              diskImage=$out/disk.img
              ${pkgs.qemu_kvm}/bin/qemu-img create -f qcow2 $diskImage "32M"
            '';
          buildInputs = [ pkgs.utillinux ];
        }
        ''
          # Create a single /boot partition.
          ${pkgs.parted}/sbin/parted /dev/vda mklabel msdos
          ${pkgs.parted}/sbin/parted /dev/vda -- mkpart primary ext2 1M -1s
          . /sys/class/block/vda1/uevent
          mknod /dev/vda1 b $MAJOR $MINOR
          . /sys/class/block/vda/uevent
          ${pkgs.e2fsprogs}/sbin/mkfs.ext4 -L boot /dev/vda1
          ${pkgs.e2fsprogs}/sbin/tune2fs -c 0 -i 0 /dev/vda1

          # Mount /boot.
          mkdir /boot
          mount /dev/vda1 /boot

          # This is needed for GRUB 0.97, which doesn't know about virtio devices.
          mkdir /boot/grub
          echo '(hd0) /dev/vda' > /boot/grub/device.map

          # Install GRUB and generate the GRUB boot menu.
          touch /etc/NIXOS
          mkdir -p /nix/var/nix/profiles
          ${config.system.build.toplevel}/bin/switch-to-configuration boot

          umount /boot
        ''
    );

in

{
  imports = [ ../profiles/qemu-guest.nix ];

  options = {

    virtualisation.memorySize =
      mkOption {
        default = 384;
        description =
          ''
            Memory size (M) of virtual machine.
          '';
      };

    virtualisation.diskSize =
      mkOption {
        default = 512;
        description =
          ''
            Disk size (M) of virtual machine.
          '';
      };

    virtualisation.diskImage =
      mkOption {
        default = "./${vmName}.qcow2";
        description =
          ''
            Path to the disk image containing the root filesystem.
            The image will be created on startup if it does not
            exist.
          '';
      };

    virtualisation.emptyDiskImages =
      mkOption {
        default = [];
        type = types.listOf types.int;
        description =
          ''
            Additional disk images to provide to the VM, the value is a list of
            sizes in megabytes the empty disk should be.

            These disks are writeable by the VM and will be thrown away
            afterwards.
          '';
      };

    virtualisation.graphics =
      mkOption {
        default = true;
        description =
          ''
            Whether to run QEMU with a graphics window, or access
            the guest computer serial port through the host tty.
          '';
      };

    virtualisation.pathsInNixDB =
      mkOption {
        default = [];
        description =
          ''
            The list of paths whose closure is registered in the Nix
            database in the VM.  All other paths in the host Nix store
            appear in the guest Nix store as well, but are considered
            garbage (because they are not registered in the Nix
            database in the guest).
          '';
      };

    virtualisation.vlans =
      mkOption {
        default = [ 1 ];
        example = [ 1 2 ];
        description =
          ''
            Virtual networks to which the VM is connected.  Each
            number <replaceable>N</replaceable> in this list causes
            the VM to have a virtual Ethernet interface attached to a
            separate virtual network on which it will be assigned IP
            address
            <literal>192.168.<replaceable>N</replaceable>.<replaceable>M</replaceable></literal>,
            where <replaceable>M</replaceable> is the index of this VM
            in the list of VMs.
          '';
      };

    virtualisation.writableStore =
      mkOption {
        default = false;
        description =
          ''
            If enabled, the Nix store in the VM is made writable by
            layering a unionfs-fuse/tmpfs filesystem on top of the host's Nix
            store.
          '';
      };

    virtualisation.writableStoreUseTmpfs =
      mkOption {
        default = true;
        description =
          ''
            Use a tmpfs for the writable store instead of writing to the VM's
            own filesystem.
          '';
      };

    networking.primaryIPAddress =
      mkOption {
        default = "";
        internal = true;
        description = "Primary IP address used in /etc/hosts.";
      };

    virtualisation.qemu.options =
      mkOption {
        default = [];
        example = [ "-vga std" ];
        description = "Options passed to QEMU.";
      };

    virtualisation.useBootLoader =
      mkOption {
        default = false;
        description =
          ''
            If enabled, the virtual machine will be booted using the
            regular boot loader (i.e., GRUB 1 or 2).  This allows
            testing of the boot loader.  If
            disabled (the default), the VM directly boots the NixOS
            kernel and initial ramdisk, bypassing the boot loader
            altogether.
          '';
      };

  };

  config = {

    boot.loader.grub.device = mkVMOverride "/dev/vda";

    boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommands =
      ''
        # We need mke2fs in the initrd.
        cp -f ${pkgs.e2fsprogs}/sbin/mke2fs $out/bin
      '';

    boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands =
      ''
        # If the disk image appears to be empty, run mke2fs to
        # initialise.
        FSTYPE=$(blkid -o value -s TYPE /dev/vda || true)
        if test -z "$FSTYPE"; then
            mke2fs -t ext4 /dev/vda
        fi
      '';

    boot.initrd.postMountCommands =
      ''
        # Mark this as a NixOS machine.
        mkdir -p $targetRoot/etc
        echo -n > $targetRoot/etc/NIXOS

        # Fix the permissions on /tmp.
        chmod 1777 $targetRoot/tmp

        mkdir -p $targetRoot/boot
      '';

    # After booting, register the closure of the paths in
    # `virtualisation.pathsInNixDB' in the Nix database in the VM.  This
    # allows Nix operations to work in the VM.  The path to the
    # registration file is passed through the kernel command line to
    # allow `system.build.toplevel' to be included.  (If we had a direct
    # reference to ${regInfo} here, then we would get a cyclic
    # dependency.)
    boot.postBootCommands =
      ''
        if [[ "$(cat /proc/cmdline)" =~ regInfo=([^ ]*) ]]; then
          ${config.nix.package}/bin/nix-store --load-db < ''${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
        fi
      '';

    virtualisation.pathsInNixDB = [ config.system.build.toplevel ];

    virtualisation.qemu.options = [ "-vga std" "-usbdevice tablet" ];

    # Mount the host filesystem via 9P, and bind-mount the Nix store
    # of the host into our own filesystem.  We use mkVMOverride to
    # allow this module to be applied to "normal" NixOS system
    # configuration, where the regular value for the `fileSystems'
    # attribute should be disregarded for the purpose of building a VM
    # test image (since those filesystems don't exist in the VM).
    fileSystems = mkVMOverride (
      { "/".device = "/dev/vda";
        ${if cfg.writableStore then "/nix/.ro-store" else "/nix/store"} =
          { device = "store";
            fsType = "9p";
            options = "trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L,msize=1048576,cache=loose";
            neededForBoot = true;
          };
        "/tmp/xchg" =
          { device = "xchg";
            fsType = "9p";
            options = "trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L,msize=1048576,cache=loose";
            neededForBoot = true;
          };
        "/tmp/shared" =
          { device = "shared";
            fsType = "9p";
            options = "trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L,msize=1048576";
            neededForBoot = true;
          };
      } // optionalAttrs cfg.writableStore
      { "/nix/store" =
          { fsType = "unionfs-fuse";
            device = "unionfs";
            options = "allow_other,cow,nonempty,chroot=/mnt-root,max_files=32768,hide_meta_files,dirs=/nix/.rw-store=rw:/nix/.ro-store=ro";
          };
      } // optionalAttrs (cfg.writableStore && cfg.writableStoreUseTmpfs)
      { "/nix/.rw-store" =
          { fsType = "tmpfs";
            options = "mode=0755";
            neededForBoot = true;
          };
      } // optionalAttrs cfg.useBootLoader
      { "/boot" =
          { device = "/dev/disk/by-label/boot";
            fsType = "ext4";
            options = "ro";
            noCheck = true; # fsck fails on a r/o filesystem
          };
      });

    swapDevices = mkVMOverride [ ];
    boot.initrd.luks.devices = mkVMOverride [];

    # Don't run ntpd in the guest.  It should get the correct time from KVM.
    services.ntp.enable = false;

    system.build.vm = pkgs.runCommand "nixos-vm" { preferLocalBuild = true; }
      ''
        ensureDir $out/bin
        ln -s ${config.system.build.toplevel} $out/system
        ln -s ${pkgs.writeScript "run-nixos-vm" startVM} $out/bin/run-${vmName}-vm
      '';

    # When building a regular system configuration, override whatever
    # video driver the host uses.
    services.xserver.videoDrivers = mkVMOverride [ "vesa" ];
    services.xserver.defaultDepth = mkVMOverride 0;
    services.xserver.resolutions = mkVMOverride [ { x = 1024; y = 768; } ];
    services.xserver.monitorSection =
      ''
        # Set a higher refresh rate so that resolutions > 800x600 work.
        HorizSync 30-140
        VertRefresh 50-160
      '';

    # Wireless won't work in the VM.
    networking.wireless.enable = mkVMOverride false;

    # Speed up booting by not waiting for ARP.
    networking.dhcpcd.extraConfig = "noarp";

    networking.usePredictableInterfaceNames = false;

    system.requiredKernelConfig = with config.lib.kernelConfig;
      [ (isEnabled "VIRTIO_BLK")
        (isEnabled "VIRTIO_PCI")
        (isEnabled "VIRTIO_NET")
        (isEnabled "EXT4_FS")
        (isYes "BLK_DEV")
        (isYes "PCI")
        (isYes "EXPERIMENTAL")
        (isYes "NETDEVICES")
        (isYes "NET_CORE")
        (isYes "INET")
        (isYes "NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS")
      ] ++ optional (!cfg.graphics) [
        (isYes "SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE")
        (isYes "SERIAL_8250")
      ];

  };
}